Search - LDS Living

Despite Rumors, President Monson Remains Hospitalized Wednesday Afternoon

On Wednesday afternoon, Church spokesman Eric Hawkins confirmed that President Thomas S. Monson is alive and continuing to rest and recover in the hospital, according to the Deseret News.

{Lifestyle} My Travel Tales of Sharing the Gospel

By Ashley Bardsley

Over the past couple of years I have had the super unique opportunity to travel for my job—a jobby, I like to call it (cross between job and hobby. Are we all on the same page? Good). After countless airplane rides, layovers, slices of airport pizza, movies on the plane, and airport security lines, I have made it to 10 countries and 22 cities. This may not sound like very much to some of you—and that is because you are well traveled—but for this cautious Utah girl, it has been life changing.

Latter-day Saint Life

3 Crucial Reasons You Have the Church Calling That You Do

By Zack Oates

It was my first week in a BYU singles ward and I was called as Elders Quorum President. First item of business: fill all the callings.

Latter-day Saint Life

New Research Reveals: Women Who Go to Church Are Less Likely to Commit Suicide

A new study showed that weekly attendance at worship services may reduce the risk of suicide for women.

From the Church

Seminary program celebrates century of teaching Mormon teens

In 1912, adjacent to Granite High School in Salt Lake City, Utah, Thomas J. Yates assumed the challenging task of organizing and teaching the first seminary class of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon). Yates, a Cornell University trained engineer and a power plant employee, rode his horse at midday from his full-time job to teach the 70 students enrolled in the fledgling program.Yates recognized the demanding nature of the new educational pursuit. “This was a new venture,” he stated in his autobiography. “It had never been tried before. We could see wonderful possibilities; if it were successful it would mean a complete change for the Church.”

Latter-day Saint Life

3 Ways the Restoration Actually Started Before the Sacred Grove

By Trevan G. Hatch

As Latter-day Saints, we tend to assume that the heavens were sealed until the Sacred Grove appearance in 1820 and that the Restoration didn't really begin until Moroni tutored Joseph and subsequently gave him the plates in 1827. But that isn't entirely true.

Latter-day Saint Life

Donald Trump Tells Utahns We Need to Protect Our Religious Freedom

Note: LDS Living does not endorse any political candidates but merely reports on current news.

Latter-day Saint Life

7 Dangerous Myths We Tell Ourselves About Mental Illness

By Alexander B. Morrison

Mental illness, in its various causes, forms, and manifestations, ranks high on any list of the ailments that try and torment mankind. In its publication The Global Burden of Disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated, for example, that one form of mental illness, depression, was the fourth most important reported health problem in the developing world in 1990. The WHO predicts that by 2020, depression may rank as the number one health problem in that portion of the globe.

Aussie Mormon mother gets ahead on her motor bike

Most picture Mormon missionaries in suits, spurning tea and coffee. But as the ''stormin' Mormon'' Mitt Romney makes a bid for the White House, there is renewed interest in the faith, which has been linked with polygamy and proselytising. Darrylin Galanos defies stereotypes. She lives in Ivanhoe with her husband and three children, studies social work at Melbourne University, votes for the Greens, and rides a Triumph motorbike. And like thousands of Australians she is part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS).

Latter-day Saint Life

LDS YouTubers Become Millionaires, Featured on ABC's "Nightline"

MR says: For more about the Butlers, check out how their YouTube channel helped convert a man in Hollandand another in Britain. Or, check out this list of 9 Mormons who have over one million YouTude followers.